Showing posts with label tags. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tags. Show all posts

Saturday, January 12, 2013

S' white out!


Snow storm began just as I was finishing up my binding on my first Finish a long quilt.  This is a lap sized quilt and my first real try at modern fabric style quilts.  I'm pleased with it..


I do have a house guest who joined Jenn and I for our Creativity 101 session.


We experimented with Valentine Day tags.


My favourite was the modeling paste smeared over a stencil.


I think I have figured out distress inks.  My spray bottle gave too fine of a water mist. I shook the spray bottle's wet tubing all over the tags.  This is more like it.

That's all for this snowy weekend.  I am trying to be the hostess with the mostess!  

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

WOW! 12, twelve, TWELVE

A memorable day so I need to do something memorable.

Tags!


TAG 1 


Tag 2


Tag 3


Tag 4


Tag 5


Tag 6


Tag 7


Tag 8


Tag 9


Tag 10


Tag 11


Tag 12

Just realized this morning that today was so special and will never happen again.  So I seized the day, well, the numbers!  I have always wanted to work in a series!  :^)  I will finish them all off with a  _ of 12  line on the back!

linking to my fellow Canadians at The Needle and Thread Network

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

tag!


I decorated tags to fill the pockets in my Altered Book and I think they also make good bookmarks.  Notice the beribboned paper clip!  It can be a book mark also.


Tags come in all shapes and sizes.  The stationary stores carry them and of course the hobby stores.  You can make your own from a punch or just by cutting pieces from various card stock or scrap book paper.  If there is no hole a paper punch does the trick and they are easily reinforced with plain or coloured reinforcing stickers.


The heavier manila ones hold up well to all kinds of wet techniques.
 

I rubbed on some distress ink with my foam tool and then I drew the stamp pad around the edges for an aged look.


I sprayed some Pearl Mist onto my Teflon sheet and tried to use the plastic grid.  It wasn't that successful but I don't think there is a right or wrong just serendipity's.  lol  

 

I sopped up the remainder with the back.  There happened to be some stray glitter that got incorporated.  


A stamp,some words, some doodled x's and some ribbon.  The grand kiddies will be impressed.

I have been thinking about the benefit of working in a series and this little tag illustrates a good reason for doing so.  The tags at the beginning were pretty much done in an afternoon of fiddling.  No pressure and whatever happens is good.  To do one tag as an example in a tutorial creates pressure and the lack of spontaneity  shows.  I think there is something to, 'the more the merrier'.

Now Tag!  Your turn to make bookmarks!

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

WOW A sweat shop for story bags!



Occasionally I am asked to sew something for a group that works with young kids.  This project is about 'story bags'.



They seem like awful big stories!  I was thinking shoe bag but these are quite a bit bigger.  Mine is not to reason why but to ...

Sew!

I did the math, had my Rooster check the figures, made my corrections and headed off to the fabric place in the city.  Argghhh!  I never thought about wider yardage.   :(

Math defeats me.  Every time.

So sticking with appropriate widths, I picked the biggest bolt.  And - 18 inches too little, one bag short.  I explained the project to the gal and I was greatly encouraged that her math is as bad as mine.  :)
We laid the prototype down and did a physical measurement.   She is sure it'll work.  I'm not but I took it because I couldn't face all those fabric choices again.  The worse case scenario means another trip to the city for a close match for the remainder.

Did I mention that this is a summer project and I may run out of summer before I run out of material!


I am enjoying my journal book for trying different things.  I wanted to compare white lines and black lines.  I definitely need practice with both so I shall experiment some more.

Jenn comes today for Creativity 101.  I can't wait to show her the progress I am making on the workroom in the barn. The work is harder than I thought.  I have been sweating. No bandages but I do have some significant bruising on my poor pinched hand and my shin!  A few more of the Rooster's supplies to remove from my side and I'll be ready for the scrub down. His side looks great!  I'm getting kinda excited although I can see my space shrinking as I start to get an idea of what I want where!  Darn, the barn is big enough, so I just need to get my greed under control.  LOL


Before I get Jenn to help with the story bags I'll razzle dazzle her with this very cut punch I got.  My first punch.  I hope these aren't addictive!

The weather is very temperate so working is quite pleasant.  Hopefully the only sweating will be if the math doesn't work out!